Darlington man charged with assault

Friday

DARLINGTON TWP. — A Darlington man looking for his girlfriend threatened a woman with a baton and then ran her over with his car, police said.

State police were called around 9 a.m. to a home on North State Line Road in Darlington Township for a disturbance.

Police said 31-year-old Colin Duffy and a passenger had driven to the home looking for Duffy’s girlfriend. Duffy was confronted by the homeowner, a 56-year-old woman, and when Duffy pulled out a baton and continued to ask for his girlfriend, the homeowner got a shotgun.

According to the police report, Duffy backed up his car, hitting his passenger with an open door and running over the homeowner. The vehicle ran over a tree stump and into the home, police said.

The homeowner and the passenger in the car, a 68-year-old woman, refused medic treatment on the scene, but the homeowner was taken to Heritage Valley Beaver hospital for evaluation, police said.